Diaries Real and Fictional in Twentieth-Century French Writing

ISBN-13: 9780198814535 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 272 str.

Sam Ferguson

Opis

An authoritative and original volume on the history of the diary in French writing in the twentieth century with a series of chapter-length studies on works by Andre Gide, Raymond Queneau, Roland Barthes, and Annie Ernaux.

Recenzje

In Diaries Real and Fictional in Twentieth-Century French Writing, Sam Ferguson opts for an altogether different approach. Arnaud Schmitt, University of Bordeaux, European Journal of Life Writing

O autorze

Sam Ferguson graduated from New College, Oxford, in French and Classics in 2008. In 2014 he completed a doctorate, also at New College, focusing on the history of the diary in French writing. During his doctorate he spent a year teaching as a lecteur at the Université Paris Nanterre. He is a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford, and his research touches on various aspects of life-writing, and the works of André Gide and Roland Barthes. He also teaches on a range of French language and literature courses at Oxford University.